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There were only a couple of days left to spend on vacation at the farms.
The jet plane would pick them up directly from the field at grandpa Paul´s. Arthur´s project was concluded and everybody admired it.
He was planning on buying one or two more planes because his family had grown since his acquisition of the two first.
Carol had discussed with him the possibility to visit the farms more frequently because the grandparents had advanced in age and she wanted to be with them as much as possible. Arthur agreed with her. That was not a problem for him, because his work could be done from any site on the planet. He had his headquarters of course, but they were very independent there. In fact, the board of directors controlled his business all over the country and overseas. Factories, offices, lands, energy, intellectual properties... They were all part of his corporation. Not to mention the stock market, and then, the sky was the limit. Or maybe not, because Art
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